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Richard Daley, the retiring mayor of Chicago, and Ed Rendell, the former mayor of Philadelphia who went on to become the governor of his state -- as well as two colorful New York City mayors, Fiorello La Guardia, the liberal Republican and traditional favorite, and Ed Koch, a Democrat whose legacy is haunted by memories of a controversial third term. Malloy implemented a range of initiatives over his 14-year tenure as Stamford's mayor that some consider to be textbook examples of solid urban policy -- revitalization of the downtown, encouraging smart-growth development around the train station, negotiating a $3.5 billion remediation and redevelopment of a former industrial waterfront district in the South End, starting construction on a long-imagined 28-acre urban park and luring a major company in RBS to move its headquarters to the city. On affordable housing, the city has taken a lead compared with other cities in the state by providing not only financial support to nonprofit developers but instituting a lasting inclusionary zoning policy that requires developers in most zones to designate at least 10 percent of their units as affordable. "Stamford is really recognized as a dynamic center," said Joseph McGee, a former Republican commissioner at the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development who is now vice president of public policy and programs for the Business Council of Fairfield County. Over his 14 years in office, Malloy also drew his share of criticism for supporting controversial development projects and -- as many of his opponents charge -- for creating a "pay-to-play" atmosphere in which special interests were asked to contribute to his campaign to win city contracts. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the median real estate taxes paid in Stamford was $5,458 among homeowners surveyed between 2005 and 2007. Though he was critical of unions as mayor, the backing he has received from labor groups has ]]>
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article11820981Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:16:10 UThttp://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/GOP-leader-apologizes-for-junk-people-11818976.php
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A state GOP leader says she’s sorry for a Facebook rant — posted in the wake of the deadly melee in Charlottesville, Va., incited by white supremacists— referring to immigrants who commit crimes as “junk people” who “deserve what they get.” Fers was responding to a Facebook post by Mike Lawlor, a Democrat who is Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s criminal justice czar and is a former state legislator. Lawlor linked to a Buzzfeed story about James Alex Fields Jr., the alleged Nazi sympathizer from Ohio who was charged with driving his muscle car into a counterprotest in Virginia Saturday, killing 32-year-old paralegal Heather Heyer and injuring scores of people. Fers, an alternate Trump delegate to last year’s Republican National Convention and one of 72 members of the state party’s governing body, said she regretted the wording of the post. Fers said Democrats are politicizing the violence in Charlottesville and are painting Trump’s supporters like herself, the daughter of a Ukrainian immigrant, with broad brush. [...] don’t tell that to state Rep. Prasad Srinivasan, R-Glastonbury, who announced last week that he had raised the $250,000 for his gubernatorial bid. Donald Trump is still getting his fix of “Morning Joe.” Because 2020 is right around the corner, the president released a new campaign ad Sunday — and Joe Scarborough plays a starring role. ]]>
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article11817604Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:46:24 UThttp://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Protesters-take-stand-against-hatred-at-11816389.php
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